The Covenant of Grace
Oakwood Presbyterian Church
2016
Covenants Within the Covenant
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Adamic Covenant – “The Covenant of Commencement”
Noahic Covenant – “The Covenant of Preservation”
Abrahamic Covenant – “The Covenant of Promise”
Mosaic Covenant – “The Covenant of Law”
• Davidic Covenant – “The Covenant of the Kingdom”
• The New Covenant – “The Covenant of Consummation”
Seed of the Serpent vs. Seed of the Woman
“I will put enmity between you and the woman, and
between your offspring and her offspring; He shall bruise
your head, and you shall bruise His heel.”
Genesis 3:15
The Promise to Abraham & His Offspring
“Now the LORD said to Abram,
‘Go from your country and your
kindred and your father's house
to the land that I will show
you. And I will make of you a
great nation, and I will bless you
and make your name great, so
that you will be a blessing. I will
bless those who bless you, and
him who dishonors you I will
curse, and in you all the families
of the earth shall be blessed…
Then the LORD appeared to
Abram and said, ‘To your
offspring I will give this land.’ So
he built there an altar to the
LORD…”
Genesis 12:1-3,7
From Moses to Samuel
“Israel served the LORD all the days of
Joshua, and all the days of the elders who
outlived Joshua and had known all the work
that the LORD did for Israel.”
Joshua 24:31
“In those days there was no king in Israel.
Everyone did what was right in his own
eyes.”
Judges 21:25
“Then all the elders of Israel… came to
Samuel… and said to him, ‘…Now appoint
for us a king to judge us like all the nations.’
…And the LORD said to Samuel, ‘Obey the
voice of the people in all that they say to
you, for they have not rejected you, but
they have rejected me from being king over
them.’”
I Samuel 8:4-7
God’s Chosen King
“The LORD said to Samuel, ‘How long will you grieve over Saul, since I have
rejected him from being king over Israel? Fill your horn with oil, and go. I
will send you to Jesse the Bethlehemite, for I have provided for Myself a
king among his sons.’”
I Samuel 16:1
“And the king and his men went to Jerusalem against the Jebusites, the
inhabitants of the land… David took the stronghold of Zion, that is, the city
of David.”
II Samuel 5:6,7
The Throne of God
“David went and brought up the ark of God
from the house of Obed-edom to the city of
David with rejoicing.”
II Samuel 6:12
“Now when the king lived in his house and
the LORD had given him rest from all his
surrounding enemies, the king said to Nathan
the prophet, ‘See now, I dwell in a house of
cedar, but the ark of God dwells in a tent.’”
II Samuel 7:1,2
“[David] publicly displayed his desire to see
his own rule in Israel related immediately to
the throne of God. In this manner the
concept of the Theocracy found it’s fullest
expression.”
O. Palmer Robertson
The Davidic Covenant
“…the word of the LORD came to Nathan, ‘Go and tell my servant David,
‘Thus says the LORD: Would you build me a house to dwell in? …I have
been with you wherever you went and have cut off all your enemies
from before you. And I will make for you a great name, like the name
of the great ones of the earth. And I will appoint a place for my
people Israel and will plant them, so that they may dwell in their own
place and be disturbed no more. And violent men shall afflict them no
more, as formerly, from the time that I appointed judges over my
people Israel. And I will give you rest from all your enemies.
Moreover, the LORD declares to you that the LORD will make you a
house… I will raise up your offspring after you, who shall come from
your body, and I will establish his kingdom. He shall build a house for
My name, and I will establish the throne of his kingdom forever. I will
be to him a father, and he shall be to me a son.”
II Samuel 7:5-14
• “Would you build me a house to
dwell in?”
• “…the LORD will make you a house…”
– “I will raise up your offspring after
you…”
– “He shall build a house for My
name…”
– “…he shall be to Me a son.”
• Great Nation – Land of Rest –
Blessing to All Nations
“The provisions of the Davidic
covenant center on two promises…
The purposes of God in redeeming a
people to Himself center on these two
points: David’s line and Jerusalem’s
throne.”
O. Palmer Robertson
Conditional Promises?
“…the Lord appeared to Solomon… And the Lord said to him… ‘if you will
walk before Me, as David your father walked… doing according to all that I
have commanded you, and keeping My statutes and My rules, then I will
establish your royal throne over Israel forever… But if you turn aside from
following Me, you or your children, and do not keep My commandments…
but go and serve other gods and worship them, then I will cut off Israel
from the land that I have given them, and the house that I have
consecrated for My name I will cast out of My sight…”
I Kings 9:1-7
Discipline & Judgment
“I will be to him a father, and he shall be
to Me a son. When he commits iniquity, I
will discipline him with the rod of men,
with the stripes of the sons of men, but
My steadfast love will not depart from
him, as I took it from Saul, whom I put
away from before you. And your house
and your kingdom shall be made sure
forever before Me. Your throne shall be
established forever.” II Samuel 7:14-16
“And [Jehoram] did what was evil in the
sight of the LORD. Yet the LORD was not
willing to destroy Judah, for the sake of
David His servant, since He promised to
give a lamp to him and to his sons
forever.”
II Kings 8:18,19
Violations of the Covenant Stipulations
“Under the old covenant, the chastening of God’s sons often
was intermingled with the destruction of the reprobate. It
was not always apparent which type of judgment was being
administered… [Jesus Christ] satisfied in Himself all the
obligations of the covenant. Not only did He maintain
perfectly every statute and ordinance of the Mosaic law as
required of David. He also bore in Himself the chastening
judgments deserved by David’s seed through their covenant
violations.”
O. Palmer Robertson
God’s Covenant Faithfulness
“I have made a covenant with My chosen
one; I have sworn to David My servant: ‘I
will establish your offspring forever, and
build your throne for all generations… I
will not violate My covenant or alter the
word that went forth from My lips… His
offspring shall endure forever, his throne
as long as the sun before Me.’”
Psalm 89:3,4; 34-36
“Thus says the LORD: If you can break My
covenant with the day and My covenant
with the night, so that day and night will
not come at their appointed time, then
also My covenant with David My servant
may be broken, so that he shall not have
a son to reign on his throne…”
Jeremiah 33:20,21
The Shadow-Kingdom
“Now God’s people were no longer tent-dwellers, always
on the move, pilgrims without a permanent dwelling
place. Instead, they were inhabitants of a kingdom,
settled and secure… in a very real sense, God’s kingdom
had come… the shadow-kingdom of Israel was real. God
was reigning in their midst. But it was nonetheless only a
shadow of the reality to come.”
O. Palmer Robertson
The King Has Come
“Do not be afraid, Mary… you will conceive
in your womb and bear a son, and you shall
call His name Jesus. He will be great and
will be called the Son of the Most High.
And the Lord God will give to Him the
throne of His father David, and He will
reign over the house of Jacob forever, and
of His kingdom there will be no end.”
Luke 1:30-33
“Jesus came into Galilee, proclaiming the
gospel of God, and saying, ‘The time is
fulfilled, and the kingdom of God is at
hand; repent and believe in the gospel.’”
Mark 1:14,15
“… if it is by the Spirit of God that I cast out
demons, then the kingdom of God has
come upon you.”
Matthew 12:28
The Spiritual Kingdom
“Jesus answered, ‘My kingdom is not of this world. If My
kingdom were of this world, My servants would have been
fighting, that I might not be delivered over to the Jews. But
My kingdom is not from the world.’”
John 18:36
“ And Jesus came and said to them, “All authority in heaven
and on earth has been given to Me. Go therefore and make
disciples of all nations…”
Matthew 29:18,19
Ascension to the Throne
“I saw in the night visions, and
behold, with the clouds of
heaven there came one like a
son of man, and He came to the
Ancient of Days and was
presented before Him. And to
Him was given dominion and
glory and a kingdom, that all
peoples, nations, and languages
should serve Him; His dominion
is an everlasting dominion,
which shall not pass away, and
His kingdom one that shall not
be destroyed.”
Daniel 7:13,14
The Consummation of the Kingdom
“Being therefore exalted at the right hand of God, and having received
from the Father the promise of the Holy Spirit, He has poured out this
that you yourselves are seeing and hearing. For David did not ascend
into the heavens, but he himself says, ‘The Lord said to my Lord, ‘Sit at
my right hand, until I make your enemies your footstool.’ Let all the
house of Israel therefore know for certain that God has made Him both
Lord and Christ, this Jesus whom you crucified.”
Acts 2:33-36
“Then comes the end, when [Christ] delivers the kingdom to God the
Father after destroying every rule and every authority and power. For
He must reign until He has put all His enemies under His feet.”
I Corinthians 15:24,25
“Born of the Virgin Mary, of the line of David, as God’s
true Son, holy and blameless, Christ came as the temple
builder for God’s name… He imputed His righteousness to
us, and His blood purged away all our sins to make us the
temple of the living God. So, in Revelation 21:3, when
the Lord says, ‘Behold, the dwelling place of God is with
man,’, this is true because Christ fulfilled the Davidic
covenant... As we see the evil of the present world, the
Davidic covenant assures us that our citizenship is in
Christ’s heavenly kingdom. As his citizens, we serve our
King in this present age by letting our good works shine as
a testimony to His Lordship. Our hope is not in earthly
presidents, governors, or armies, but in the heavenly
Kingship of Christ. He is protecting us until the last
trumpet when He comes as the King of Kings and Lord of
Lords.”
Brown & Keele, Sacred Bond